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Returning to a starring role

In the cold, dark depths off Cascade Head, a sunflower sea star’s 15,000 hydraulically manipulated tubed feet propel the bicycle wheel-shaped creature at 200 feet per hour across the rocky reef.

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Hot stuff

Get a second helping of hot music when Hot Club of Beachtown, Lincoln County’s own Gypsy jazz quartet, returns to the Newport Performing Arts Center for an encore performance this Friday, April 28.

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Chorale your friends and head to a show

Perhaps the next presentation in the Central Coast Chorale spring concert series, “Voices of Spring!” will help finally break winter’s firm grasp on the Oregon Coast.

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Do dogs do downward dog better?

Well, of course they do! Instinctively, dogs stretch from the tip of the tongue to the tailbone, like a whole-body yawn.

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Plant yourself in Newport

Free trees and free learning, will once again be a part of the Newport Parks and Recreation Department’s Arbor Day event.

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No holds bard

A National Theatre Live production of Shakespeare’s timeless comedy, “Much Ado About Nothing” will light up the big screen at the Newport Performing Arts Center this Friday, April 28.

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Willow you be at this show?

The Willow String Quartet of Portland will present a chamber concert at Atonement Lutheran Church in Newport this Sunday, April 30.

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A knockout performance

Six-time Grammy Award-winning jazz composer Terence Blanchard’s new opera, “Champion” will be broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera stage to the Newport Performing Arts Center this Saturday, April 29.

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Join the class of 2023 in Newport

From kelp to clay to collage — registration is open now for a variety of new adult art classes and workshops at the Newport Visual Arts Center.

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Art in the spotlight

The Yaquina Art Association Gallery spotlight show will feature the photography of Linda Radcliff and Barbara Irvine, Friday, April 28, through Friday, May 12.

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Days-ed and amused

Lincoln City’s Community Days celebration will return after a three-year hiatus this April, offering three days packed with fun, friendship and fund-raising.

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The toughest bootcamp. Period.

Poor writing will get the boot when the Willamette Writers Coast Chapter hosts Maren Anderson, emerita editor of the Timberline Review, for Editing Bootcamp at Newport Public Library this Saturday, April 22.

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This shore is a nice trail

Indifferent to the sleet collecting on its tan and brown feathers, a whimbrel probes the mudflat for invertebrates.

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Jump into the planning process

Lincoln City Parks and Recreation needs to hear from you in a series of open houses for a new community park, beginning with the launch event at the Lincoln City Community Center on Friday, April 28.

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Take note, in Newport

The Oregon Coast Youth Symphony Festival returns for its fifth season with two free concerts this weekend in Newport.

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Frisson is on, in Neskowin

In French, frisson, means “a strong feeling of excitement.” To the chamber music world, it means the Frisson Ensemble.

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Straight out of weft field

Over one, under one — that’s the weaving process until it’s done. Well, maybe not quite that simple for some of the more complex designs, like those showcased in the “Filaments” Traveling Show exhibit at the Lincoln City Cultural Center.

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Painting the family line

Experience an exhilarating new show in a variety of mediums and styles at Native contemporary artist Leonard Harmon's inaugural solo exhibition, “This One’s for You: Honoring Ancestors,” opening this Friday, April 21, at the Newport Visual Arts Center.

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